Discovering the wines of Israel
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Discovery, Relaxation / Well-being.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté, Automne, Hiver.
Where to stay - Tel Aviv ?
The map of your stay "Discovering the wines of Israel"
Detail of the stay : Discovering the wines of Israel
How to get there - Tel Aviv
Galileo
Steps: Safed
From Tel Aviv, cross Galilee (about 2 hours drive) towards the Golan Heights, to Safed, in Lower Galilee. From there, head to Dalton, 10 km north of Safed to visit one of the city's two cellars (or both): Dalton Winery and Adir Winery. Take a little height and continue to Yiron, located on the Lebanese border in Upper Galilee for a proper visit of the excellent Galil Mountain Winery
Golan Heights Plateau
Steps: Kidmat Tzvi
Now explore the northern Golan, first through Odem, 60 km east of Yiron, to discover the Odem Mountain Winery. The rest of the day will take place in Ein Zivan, to visit Pelter Winery, and in Kidmat Tsvi, to discover the Bazelet HaGolan Winery. Finish this stage in Upper Golan in Qatzrin: this city is the stronghold of the famous Golan Heights Winery, among others
Places of interest : GOLAN HEIGHTS WINERY ODEM MOUNTAIN WINERY PELTER WINERY BAZELET HAGOLAN WINERY
Southern Golan Heights
Steps: Eliad
Returning to Lake Tiberias, about 30 kilometres south of Qatzrin and east of the lake, stop at Avnei Eitan, where the Bashan Winery is located, and at Eli Ad to visit Golan Winery Castle, back to Tel Aviv at the end of the day
From Tel Aviv to the Judean Mountains
Steps: Tel Aviv
After a good breakfast, head for Jerusalem and join Rishon LeZion, on the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv. Once there, impossible from Carmel Mizrahi's huge winery. Spend the afternoon at Barkan Winery, owned by one of the country's largest wine producers
Places of interest : BARKAN WINERY
Judée Mountains
Steps: Bet Shemesh
Visit Ramat Raziel in the hills of Judée, where Le Domaine du Castel is located. After visiting the premises and tasting, follow the road to the kibbutz of Tzora, on the north-west outskirts of Bet Shemesh, and visit the Tzora Vineyards. Night to Bet Shemesh.
Places of interest : DOMAINE DU CASTEL TZORA VINEYARDS
The Negev Wine Route
Steps: Mitzpe Ramon
Reach Be'er Sheva, the gateway to the Negev, a one-hour drive from Bet Shemesh. Then follow road #40 between Sde Boker and Mitzpe Ramon, the backbone of the Ramat HaNegev Wine Route. Staying on the main road, you will pass some of your must-see stops. Start with a visit to the Nahal Boker Farm & Winery, for example, and then move on to the Sde Boker Winery
Places of interest : SDE BOKER WINERY RAMAT NEGEV WINERY (KADESH BARNEA WINERY)
